[SustainableTompkins] household "green" suggestions

[marlo capoccia]

that's what my son says!
-marlo
On Feb 25, 2008, at 9:50 PM, Cnielsen56 at aol.com wrote:

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> In England, Elizabeth I declared that she bathed once a month  
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> In a message dated 2/25/2008 9:03:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> marloco at verizon.net writes:
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> i didn't  think i had anything to add when someone asked recently what
> types  of things mundane things people could do to reduce consumption-
> i  forget how it was phrased- but thought of something really basic
> and  important the other day when showering.
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> one thing we all do in my house  is that we don't shower every day.
> some people get upset at  the thought of this, but i think that's been
> conditioned into us  more than it is a point of health or cleanliness
> or anything.   we began it for practical reasons- in the winter
> showering every day  causes our skin to dry out so we began showering
> every other  day.  not only does it help with the state of our skin
> (skin  creams are rarely necessary), it reduces the amount of soap and
> shampoo we use, the amount of water, and energy for heating water.   i
> really do love to shower so i reward myself by taking a  slightly
> longer shower on shower days, but ultimately we are using  far fewer
> resources than other families of smaller size.   (there are five of us
> in my house)
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> -marlo
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> Marlo  Capoccia
> Garden  Gate
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Marlo Capoccia
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